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Electronic Industrial Controls Mechanic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
On-site West Roxbury, MA $40 – $46.6/hr Apply by Oct 15, 2026 Electronic Industrial Controls Mechanic ESTPISTP HealthcareTrades
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This Electronic Industrial Controls Mechanic position is located in the Facility Management department at the VA Boston Healthcare System (West Roxbury campus). This position is a full-time at 40 hours per week.
What You'll Do
- →Performs preventive maintenance on electronic control systems to include disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, and calibration.
- →Programs controllers such as programmable logic controllers and variable frequency drives.
- →Integrates and balances building controllers on the controls network.
- →Installs and maintains highly complex systems of electronic sensing and control used in the building automation system.
- →Repairs facility equipment instruments and controls.
- →Modifies environmental control systems to meet specific and critical conditions.
- →Plans and lays out work from schematics, block diagrams, wiring diagrams, and technical orders.
- →Interprets manufacturers' handbooks and technical manuals to determine how repairs need to be made.
- →Interprets electrical schematic wiring diagrams used for industrial equipment.
- →Interprets gauge or meter readings to determine system condition and proper operation.
- →Interprets control signals used for control and monitoring of devices, controllers, valves, fans, motors, and frequency drives.
- →Re-calibrates controls to maintain proper system operation.
- →Troubleshoots communication links with local area networks.
- →Troubleshoots the building automation system.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 60ea655f-4ee5-4465-bc2e-5b88bec486bd
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